§ 85A-15. Fraud Investigation Unit funding report.

A.  1.  One month before the beginning of any fiscal year, the Attorney General shall provide to the Commission the estimated funding need of the Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation Unit of the Office of Attorney General for the ensuing fiscal year.

2.  The funding report shall itemize each position to be utilized in the Unit and funded by the Commission and make estimates of all other budgetary line items necessary to provide support to the Unit.

3.  The report shall deduct unexpended and unencumbered balances of the Unit from the previous fiscal year.  Only the current need, excluding unexpended and unencumbered funds, shall be certified for a fund transfer authorized in this section.

B.  On or before the first day of each fiscal year, the Commission shall certify to the State Treasurer that funds are available for transfer, on which certification the State Treasurer shall transfer those funds from the Workers' Compensation Fund of the Commission to the fund account used for the maintenance, operation, and support of the Unit.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 15, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.